Letters to the editor: Jan. 6

Hotels step up during freezing weekend

Although I have always felt Tippecanoe County was a very good place to raise a family, it is reaffirmed with the news that several local hotels donated rooms during this very dangerous weather situation. The residents of this area should keep these businesses in mind when the need arises for them to rent a room.

Jeff Tyson

Battle Ground

They told you to stay off the roads

It is 2 a.m. Jan. 6. I am listening to Tippecanoe County scanner traffic. And I am hearing about a stranded vehicle, three passengers who are seeking shelter in a nearby barn. Are you stupid? What reason would you have that you need to be out on the road at 2 in the morning? Why would you risk your lives, your children's lives or the lives of the officers and public road workers? What part of dangerous conditions did you not understand?

Why don't you get over yourselves and prepare for what they say is coming? Keep your food stocked for the winter, so you have emergency rations, heat and the things you need so you don't need to scramble. It was ridiculous to go to the store to get bread, milk, frozen pizzas, Twinkies and beer just to survive for maybe three days.

If you think that the mission you are on is important enough to risk lives the, don't ask for help if you get stuck. You should be transported to the Tippecanoe County Jail, held until trial, fined and placed to community service to ride along and assist with police for the next 10 years of snowstorms.

All I am asking is to not put these people's lives in danger because you wanted to be with a friend.

Thank you to all who put their lives on the line to help those in need and those who are completely disrespectful to those that are volunteering to help us when we need it.

James Miller

Linden

The weatherman's deal with the devil ? and the grocer

Well, I think I know who the weatherman makes the deal with: the grocer, gas station and the devil. Saturday, the grocery stores were full (most of the things they bought will spoil before used), lines were at the gas stations, and churches were closing on the word of the weatherman or the devil.

Phillip Drake

Brookston

Clearing sidewalks seems to be an afterthought

OK, I can't walk my dog in the street, as the drivers on North 19th and 20th streets don't know how to read the 20 mph speed limit signs, and the police do little to discourage them. So I have to walk the sidewalks.

One day last week, I fell trying to get around a man cleaning the steps to the rental property - not the sidewalks, just the steps to the empty unit. On Saturday, I counted nine properties where no attempts had been made to clear the walks yet, and with more snow coming over the weekend, it looks as if they will never get cleared.

What ever happened to the 24-hour rule? You know the rule that said you had to have your walks cleared within 24 hours of snow ending or the city did it and the owner was charged.

If the city hired a couple of people to do the cleaning, we might be able to get the speed limit enforced on our busy streets.